BR inquires whether new passports for Dora and himself are necessary, "... on account of my brother's death? It is our desire to avoid the use of the title as much as we possibly can, but we are not prepared to carry this so far as to land ourselves in prison."

They are planning to spend the summer in France and inquire if John and Kate need new passports also. They have hidden from John that he now holds the title of Lord Amberley, "... and if it were possible, I should continue indefinitely to conceal it...."